Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[osully]

Thanks for the reminder to keep checking my flights. When are you going? Is your trip soon or are you more than 6 months out?

I had Air Canada change our flights by a whole day a few years ago. The change was made in July and we weren't flying until late November. Fortunately I was able to move my reservation at Disney so it all worked out in the end. It's frustrating when you think you have all your ducks in a row and then forces out of your control change things.

So far, my flights are the same as what I booked (fingers crossed they stay that way).

Just a side question? Why aren't you flying from YOW?

Our trip is in November! However I booked flight times that I had my eye on for about 6 months now, so it's not like I booked a flight they don't usually offer and decided to change! (I think AM screwed up my flights with Air Canada.)

Oh - and we are flying from YOW first but that flight wasn't affected on the departing or returnign flight... yet

 

[osully]

I have had them change them as well, but to Hawaii as the destination. We usually book them many months out and I have found that Air Canada is the worst for changing without letting you know.

Another thing is that you should check constantly because they can change them more than once, so just stay on top of it. YOu should not have to but it is smart to check periodically

So frustrating. I swear Westjet at least emailed me to let me know our flight had changed for our cruise last Feb. I booked direct flights there and back and on the way back it got changed to 2 planes.

 

[ottawamom]

Our trip is in November! However I booked flight times that I had my eye on for about 6 months now, so it's not like I booked a flight they don't usually offer and decided to change! (I think AM screwed up my flights with Air Canada.)

Oh - and we are flying from YOW first but that flight wasn't affected on the departing or returnign flight... yet

Did you try getting them (Air Canada) to put you on the direct Ottawa-Orlando flight instead of the new time through Toronto? They might be willing to move you onto that one to simplify matters at their end. The airline knows they will sell out the Toronto-Orlando route, sometimes filling the Ottawa-Orlando is difficult. I would call Air Canada and see what they have to say.

I had a change with Delta back last fall. They changed the time of my connection. Made it really tight. Delta was willing to move my flights around (not sure if it would have cost anything as I didn't make the change)

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Any time this has happened to me, whether flight was booked with air miles or not, the airline told me to contact them if I needed new flights.

I have never had to do if thiugh as times weren't that much different.

I assume they wouldn't charge you.

 

[osully]

Did you try getting them (Air Canada) to put you on the direct Ottawa-Orlando flight instead of the new time through Toronto? They might be willing to move you onto that one to simplify matters at their end. The airline knows they will sell out the Toronto-Orlando route, sometimes filling the Ottawa-Orlando is difficult. I would call Air Canada and see what they have to say.

I had a change with Delta back last fall. They changed the time of my connection. Made it really tight. Delta was willing to move my flights around (not sure if it would have cost anything as I didn't make the change)

Hmm. We fly there on a Wednesday and it doesn't seem anyone does a direct flight YOW-MCO on a Wednesday. I might try to get one on the way home then (a Friday) as I think that would be possible.

My first step will be calling AM (the # they gave me is only open Mon-Fri 9-5...) to see if they can make it better.

Then if not I will call AirCanada.

I can't stomach the thought of waking up to be at the airport early enough for an 8am flight on already depressing going home day. LOL

 

[osully]

Any time this has happened to me, whether flight was booked with air miles or not, the airline told me to contact them if I needed new flights.

I have never had to do if thiugh as times weren't that much different.

I assume they wouldn't charge you.

Thank you!

 

[Donald - my hero]

@osully in all the times we've used airmiles to book flights and then ended up having troubles with times, weather related issues etc. I've NEVER contacted them. Always directly thru the airlines themselves and never had a problem doing it that way. In fact it never crossed my mind to try, just called the airlines. I suggest calling Air Canada yourself now and see what they can do for you before you even bother with airmiles again.

 

[CanadianKrista]

Anyone have any ideas about this?

https://bonusboom.airmiles.ca/en/coming_soon

 

[mort1331]

Anyone have any ideas about this?

https://bonusboom.airmiles.ca/en/coming_soon

Nope but has my attention/

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Bonus Boom!? That is NEW!

 

[ottawamom]

Anyone have any ideas about this?

https://bonusboom.airmiles.ca/en/coming_soon

Were you one of the lucky few who got that email about special offers coming your way if you opted in. I wonder if it has something to do with that.

 

[CanadianKrista]

Were you one of the lucky few who got that email about special offers coming your way if you opted in. I wonder if it has something to do with that.

Nope, I got the website from another group, no one seems to know what it is about at this point. Watching closely

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Could it be replacing Mega Miles?

 

[hdrolfe]

It's only for 3 days! That is going to make it very interesting. Especially with some bad weather on the way that may make it hard to get out and about! At least there's a PD day Friday in case I need to shop somewhere

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Over on RFD, someone thinks it's the weekend they are posting the STB bonus miles...thoughts? Why would they make a big to-do about it like that? And create a website?

It's likely a few partners for Valentine's Day...

 

[Donald - my hero]

I'm not getting overly excited or going to waste much time trying to figure out what will be Booming ... They've pulled things like this before that turned out to be big nothings. Anyone remember the hype over what they called "happy any day" or smile days ? They promised big prizes, discounts on merchandise and when the big day finally arrived it was STUPIDLY nothing. You had to like, comment, share their social media posts to win one of 20 (seriously TWENTY) prizes .

This is only a weekend so my first thought was perhaps a multiplier offer thru airmilesshop? Who knows??

***eta, if anyone gets more details that point to this being a bigger promo let us know and perhaps i'll start a thread??

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I asked the AM fb page about it. This was their response:

Hi Heather, we are excited to let you know that you will be able to earn additional bonus Air Miles from or partners through Air Miles Bonus Boom microsite. The promotion will run Feb 14-17, but Collectors will be able to view offers on the microsite starting today. This microsite will close Feb 18.

Please review “How to use” on the microsite for detailed information on each offer, including full valid date range.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

More info on the website now.

 

[mort1331]

Donald called it...
Boom is a Bust

 

[bababear_50]

The site is live now
Airmiles Bonus Boom

https://bonusboom.airmiles.ca/en/home?reg=ON

Well it is all offers that are currently posted on the airmiles site===that was disappointing.
Moving along ---nothing new here.
Hugs Mel